Pregnancy, Birth and Early Parenthood
Support and Guidance
Online (anywhere) In person (Nottingham, UK)
Anne Marpole
Certified Hypnotherapist
Hi there!
My name is Anne and I am a perinatal hypnotherapist passionate about supporting and guiding parents through pregnancy, birth and early parenthood.
As a midwife for more than 20 years and a mother of two, I have seen and experienced so much about this momentous time in life.
The one thing I am sure of is that having a good understanding of the mind-body connection and how to work with it has a hugely positive impact on our wellbeing.
This shapes how parents plan, implement and respond to the expected and unexpected, and ultimately cope with every change and challenge.
~~~ Where the mind goes the body follows ~~~
Perinatal Hypnotherapy
Through gentle and effective techniques such as meditation, mindfulness and hypnotherapy, I support you in dealing with upsetting pregnancy, birth and postnatal experiences, including:
If you are going through a tough time and finding it hard to cope, you can book a free 15 minute call to talk about this.
IVF Miscarriage An unexpected emergency Anxiety / depression Birth injury Making an important decision Reduce your experience of pain or discomfort related to pregnancy, such as nausea, hyperemesis gravidarum, back, hip or pelvic pain. A traumatic perinatal experience
Hypnosis also helps with : Giving up smoking and/or drinking alcohol when planning to start a family or beyond. Needle phobia and related fears of medical care.
For relief from perinatal trauma symptoms
In my experience, becoming a parent is one of the most impactful, transformative and intimate experiences someone can go through.
As a result, our mental health and emotions are vulnerable and easily harmed by difficult experiences.
Experiencing symptoms of trauma and feeling anxious and depressed are all too common in parents who have had a tough experience.
About PTSD Symptoms after any Traumatic Experience
There is a strong biological connection between the traumatic memory and the strong emotions of fear and vulnerability that puts us into our primitive, sub-conscious ‘fight, flight or freeze’ response when triggered. These symptoms affect a traumatised parent day and night and can sometimes be very distressing and even debilitating. Some symptoms include:
replaying the upsetting memory frequently
doing anything to avoid remembering: missing medical appointments because medical environments are scary to you now or leaving the room if a birth comes up in a movie or conversation.
being hyper-vigilant: having raised awareness, anxiety, and sensitivity, e.g., not wanting your baby near anyone ‘because of germs’.
Strong anxiety, anger, sadness.
Avoiding another pregnancy.
Pregnant and fearful.
The gentle TBR 3 Step Rewind process breaks this connection and releases the heavy feelings linked to the memory.
If you believe you’ve had a traumatic perinatal experience that is still affecting your day-to-day life, book a free 15 minute call to talk about this with me.
The 3 Step Rewind Process
This gentle process involves three steps over three sessions (online via video call).
Step 1: Exploring how your experience is impacting your life and what changes you would like to experience with your symptoms lifted. It ends with a relaxation exercise where you imagine your future self without these feelings. (90min.)
Step 2: Deep relaxation where you are guided through a specific way of remembering whilst feeling safe and secure, to rewire your memory so that it loses its emotional power over you. You will also visualise how you want to be in the future whilst deeply relaxed. (60min.)
Step 3: We talk about the changes that have taken place for you. Whilst in a relaxed state, you will visualise yourself coping in the future and responding neutrally to your memory. We will focus on growing your sense of self-worth and strength so that you are no longer bound by what happened and can enjoy your future. (60min.)
If you believe you’ve had a traumatic perinatal experience that is still affecting your day-to-day life, book a free 15 minute call to talk about this with me.
If you believe you’ve had a traumatic perinatal experience that is still affecting your day-to-day life, book a free 15 minute call to talk about this with me.
TBR Three Step Rewind
FREE Perinatal Support
(UK residents)
I have joined up with the Birth Republic CIC in the UK to provide up to six free sessions of perinatal emotional and mental health support.
If you believe that you will benefit from this support, fill in this self-refer form and you will be contacted to talk about your application.
